Quintessential Directors: Barry Jenkins
A brief look at two Barry Jenkins films that have established him as one of the greatest filmmakers of our time.
The Dazzling Miss Davison (1917)
Young society rake Gerard Buckland spies a pretty girl walking down the street. As he tries to figure out a way to approach her, he sees a disreputable-looking man surreptitiously hand her a diamond necklace, which she hides on her person before fading into the crowd and disappearing from sight. Later that day he visits a friend's home, and is astounded to meet that same girl. During their conversation she claims that, as a lark, she picks her friends' pockets of valuables and gives them back later--but Gerard doesn't quite buy it. It turns out that she is, in fact, not what she says she is, but not in the way Gerard thinks.
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Young society rake Gerard Buckland spies a pretty girl walking down the street. As he tries to figure out a way to approach her, he sees a disreputable-looking man surreptitiously hand her a diamond necklace, which she hides on her person before fading into the crowd and disappearing from sight. Later that day he visits a friend's home, and is astounded to meet that same girl. During their conversation she claims that, as a lark, she picks her friends' pockets of valuables and gives them back later--but Gerard doesn't quite buy it. It turns out that she is, in fact, not what she says she is, but not in the way Gerard thinks.
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Genre:Mystery
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In Theaters:6/18/1917
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Runtime:50 minutes
Studio:Frank Powell Producing Corporation
Cast
Frank Powell
Director
Marjorie Rambeau
Rachel - The Dazzling Miss Davison
Fred Williams
Guiding Light for Miss Davison
Aubrey Beattie
Miss Davison's Shadow
Agnes Ayres
Lillian - Miss Davison's Sister
Robert Elliott
Gerard Buckland
Winifred Harris
Mrs. Jennings
Frank A. Ford
Arthur Jennings
Lillian Paige
Mrs. Van Santen
Ruth Byron
Cora Van Santen
Dore Flowden
Delia Van Santen
Bert Starkey
Harry Van Santen
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